The leading lights of the American avant garde go to France
featuring the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Archie Shepp, Anthony Braxton, Don Cherry (above)& Ed Blackwell, Grachan Moncur III, Clifford Thornton, Alan Silva, Sunny Murray, Dave Burrell and Arthur Jones
with Leo Smith, Leroy Jenkins, Byard Lancaster, Kenneth Terroade, Alan Shorter, Steve Lacy, Joachim Kuhn, Bobby Few, Ronnie Beer, Robin Kenyatta, Michel Portal, Bernard Vitet, Beb Guerin, Andrew Cyrille, Don Moye, Steve McCall, Noel McGhie and Claude Delcloo
[1'14] Grachan Moncur III- When (New Africa, BYG Actuel 1969) Roscoe Mitchell- as, fl; Archie Shepp- ts; Moncur- tb; Dave Burrell- p; Alan Silva- b; Andrew Cyrille- d
[13'16] Arthur Jones- Brother B (Scorpio, BYG Actuel 1969) Jones- as; Beb Guerin- b; Claude Delcloo- d
[20'40] Alan Silva- Seasons (excerpt) (Alan Silva and the Celestrial Communications Orchestra aka Seasons, BYG Actuel 1970) Bernard Vitet- tp, Frh; Lester Bowie- tp, flh; Alan Shorter- tp; Joseph Jarman, Ronnie Beer, Roscoe Mitchell, Robin Kenyatta, Michel Portal- reeds, fl; Steve Lacy- ss; Dieter Gewissler- el-vln; Jouk Minor- el-vla; Kent Carter- clo; Irene Aebi- clo, cel; Dave Burrell, Joachim Kuhn, Bobby Few- p; Silva- b, el-vln, el-sarangi; Malachi Favors- b; Beb Guerin- b; Don Moye, Jerome Cooper- d, perc; Oliver Johnson- tymp, perc
[31'59] The Art Ensemble of Chicago- People in Sorrow, Part 1 (excerpt) (People in Sorrow, Nessa 1969) Lester Bowie- tp, flh, perc; Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman- reeds; Malachi Favors- b
[43'35] Clifford Thornton- Huey is Free (The Panther and the Lash, America 1970) Thornton- tp, tb; Francois Tusques- p; Beb Guerin- b; Noel McGhie- d, perc
[55'43] Anthony Braxton- In the Street (This Time..., BYG Actuel 1970) Leo Smith- tp, etc; Braxton- reeds, etc; Leroy Jenkins- vln, vla, etc; Steve McCall- d, perc, etc
[59'37] Archie Shepp- Yasmina (excerpt) (Yasmina, a Black Woman, BYG Actuel 1969) Lester Bowie- tp; Clifford Thornton- cor; Arthur Jones- as; Shepp- ts, vcl; Roscoe Mitchell- bs; Dave Burrell- p; Malachi Favors, Earl Freeman- b; Philly Joe Jones- d; Sunny Murray- d, perc; Art Taylor- rhythm logs; Laurence Devereaux- balafon
[70'33] Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell- Brilliant Action (Mu, First Part, BYG Actuel 1969) Cherry- tp; Blackwell- d, perc
[79'16] Dave Burrell- My March (excerpt) (After Love, America 1970) Roscoe Mitchell- reeds; Alan Silva- cel, el-cel, vln; Burrell- p; Michel Gladieux- b; Ron Miller- mandolin; Don Moye- d
[91'31] Sunny Murray- Giblets, part 12 (An Even Break (Never Give a Sucker), BYG Actuel 1969) Byard Lancaster- as, ss, bcl, fl; Kenneth Terroade- ts, fl; Malachi Favors- b; Sunny Murray- d, balafon
[98'40]
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